Divorcing Jack
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Narrated by:
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Adam Moore
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By:
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Colin Bateman
About this listen
Dan Starkey is a young journalist in Belfast, who shares with his wife, Patricia, a prodigious appetite for drinking and dancing. Then Dan meets a beautiful and apparently impoverished student. And then, terrifyingly, she is murdered. Is it because she was not exactly who she claimed to be? Is it the IRA? A Protestant extremist group? A jealous lover? Before long, Dan is a target himself.…
©1995 Colin Bateman (P)2013 W F Howes LtdListeners also enjoyed...
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- Mr D A Lester
- 27-04-24
Enjoyable story ripped to shreds by a woefully inept narration
I read this book many years ago and decided to give the audiobook a try. Bad move! The narrator seemed to think it would be acceptable to portray a menacing terrorist in the style of a cartoon grasshopper having its tummy tickled. And without wishing to give anything away, this book’s title is based on a misheard name. When the narrator finally gets to that part of the tale he mispronounces it, making a mockery of the whole thing. A small child could have done a better job, although the gritty nature of the book doesn’t quite lend itself to that. Buy the paperback.
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- Claire D.
- 01-12-20
Spoilt by the narrator
... such a shame... had to switch off after a few chapters, the reading was so basic and bland that I just could not persevere. Absolutely loved the Mystery Man series, and was planning on delving into all the other books by Colin Bateman, but maybe I’ll save these for the kindle instead.
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- Ian
- 24-07-14
If you haven't read Bateman Start here...
I have read all of the Mystery Man novels and loved them so I was quite keen to dive into the Dan Starky series. Unfortunately I was a little disappointed. This book was nowhere near as funny or engaging as MM, although it was a good listen. I wish I had started here as I would still have the MM series to get to.
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- Taichivandamm
- 26-02-24
So funny
Love Colin Bateman's books. The humour, pathos and plots are always good value and good listening.
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- Amazon Customer
- 28-01-19
5 stars
This book gave me my first shock moment in literature when I read it at way too young an age. I've re-read it from time to time ever since. This is my first time giving the audio version a go and it didn't disappoint. Same great story with excellent narration to accompany.
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- Magenta
- 11-03-18
Rather an uncomfortable listen
What made the experience of listening to Divorcing Jack the most enjoyable?
I don't really know what to make of this book. The way it is written is quite lighthearted and often very very funny, but the story is far from amusing, and I found it difficult to square the one with the other. An odd one, definitely, and although I might be tempted to try the next in the series, I don't think I'll be listening to it anytime soon.
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- Emmis
- 30-04-22
Great story, let down by performance
The performance is stilted and doesn't flow well, which is a shame, because this is a great comic novel. It is a dark, black comedy and there are signs that it's not ageing well, but if viewed in context it's fine.
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- Richard Millar
- 23-08-15
Not his best work
I've always really enjoyed his books, in particular the Mystery Man series but this one didn't do it for me.
The narrator couldn't really do the american accent assigned to one of the characters but other than that did an ok job.
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